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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11481
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14557
13 Actual Demand 11197
14 Aggregate Planning 12172
15 Air Cargo 10059
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6641
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34846
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15327
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19231
20 Assembly Line 22360
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22957
22 Average Speed of Answer 26554
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23098
24 Batch Production 38333
25 Bill Discounting 14508
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11210
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7131
28 Blanket Release 9998
29 Bonded Warehouse 10052
30 Booking Number 13768
31 Bottleneck 9504
32 Buffer Stock 59193
33 Build to Stock 12960
34 Bullwhip Effect 9614
35 Business Logistics 25656
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12560
37 Capacity Management 40453
38 Capacity Utilization 14088
39 Capital Intensive 8393
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8718
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12114
42 Certified Supplier 8960
43 Channel Effectiveness 8918
44 Co-Destiny 9285
45 Co-managed Inventory 12504
46 Co-Packers 11754
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6860
48 Computer-Based Training 7683
49 Consular Invoice 19757
50 Container Depot 10596
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19498
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12069
54 Contract Carrier 7313
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7954
57 Cost Flow 10258
58 Courier Service 15214
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11783
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44117
62 Date Code 18203
63 Days of Supply 19816
64 Dead on Arrival 9266
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8091
67 Detective Control 8899
68 Devanning 14203
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10896
70 Dispatching 24475
71 Distributed Inventory 8344
72 Distribution Channel Management 34696
73 Distribution Metrics 9097
74 Distribution Planning 24180
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15198
76 Double Marginalization 52662
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22319
78 Dual 5434
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20590
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49680
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25445
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16446
87 Erlang B Formula 9335
88 ETD 8319
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13475
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9457
94 Field Services 7737
95 Field Warehouse 10407
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14595
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27001
99 Flow Through Distribution 12298
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
101 FOB Destination 13008
102 Forward buying 30098
103 Freight Charge 10356
104 Freight Consolidation 7517
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29565
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12669
109 Hub 23403
110 Idle Time 8058
 
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